Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in the PhD Thesis
Published: Monday 13th October 2014
The Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) is delighted to
announce that Dr Peter McGregor and Dr Nigel Lee have been awarded the 2013
Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in the PhD Thesis.
Dr McGregor's thesis is entitled Heart to Heart: The Spiritual
Christology of Joseph Ratzinger and was awarded Summa Cum Laude by both of his
examiners.
Dr Lee's thesis is entitled Comparison of a Single Versus a Four
Intradermal Sterile Water Injection Technique for the Relief of Lower Back Pain
for Women in Labour: A Mixed Methods Study.
Professor Patrick Heaven said that the awards are given to only the most
outstanding of ACU's higher degree research graduates.
"It is a fitting acknowledgement of Dr McGregor's and Dr Lee's
exemplary work and their outstanding contribution to research in their
respective fields of Theology and Philosophy, and Heath Sciences." Said
Professor Heaven.
The Awards were presented at the recent graduation ceremony in Sydney.